In spite of the tragic outcomes that impact the majority of children raised in foster care, Serita Cox beat the […more…]
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iFoster
www.ifoster.org
(530) 550-9672
Co-Founder & CFO: Reid Cox
Mission
iFoster’s mission is to ensure that every child growing up outside of their biological home has the resources and opportunities they need to become successful.
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What the iFoster program means to me is helping kids, in any way possible, if possible. I compliment them and commend them for doing the things they do for foster youth, which I was a foster youth.
Help Thousands of Young People Exiting Foster Care
Largely due to the success of its jobs program, iFoster also launched a year-long internship program, which won best new AmeriCorps Program in 2019. The internship program trains transition-age youth (TAY) to help their peers connect to resources they need to become independent.
iFoster is seeking funds to match federal funds for its TAY AmeriCorps program, allowing the nonprofit to train 262 additional youth in 2023, who will provide peer navigation to tens of thousands of young people in foster care, while at the same time building their jobs skills and paying their way through college.
“It’s a professional development pathway for our young people who are able to support the children in the system that are coming along behind them,” says iFoster Co-Founder Serita Cox. “We’re empowering thousands of new Seritas who have an innate passion to give the next generation of foster kids a fighting chance,” adds Reid, proudly.
Key Supporters
MacKenzie Scott
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
James Irvine Leadership
Award Winner – 2022
Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation / FosterCare Counts
Walter S Johnson Foundation
Schultz Family Foundation
The Aspen Institute
AmeriCorps